As she has aged, the pinniped’s rhythmic abilities have only improved.
Category: Music
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Carla Bley’s 1970s Experimental Masterpiece Gets a Belated Premiere
Cultic and unclassifiable — “clearly some sort of monstrous hybrid” — Bley’s “Escalator Over the Hill,” a 1971 album, is being staged at the New School.
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Strauss’s ‘Salome’ Gets a New Staging at the Metropolitan Opera
In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her younger self.
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Jack Black’s Song ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’
“Steve’s Lava Chicken,” a 34-second song from “A Minecraft Movie,” made the Billboard Hot 100. He charted before with a song from “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
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Boston Pops’ Keith Lockhart Has the Ear of the Red Sox and Classical Fans
Keith Lockhart, who leads the Boston Pops, is a beloved figure in his city’s musical scene, and 30 years in he still has more to give.
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Yunchan Lim Plays Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations at Carnegie Hall
The 21-year-old pianist turned the great set of variations into the story of a young man’s maturation from innocence to experience.
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At 50, the Takacs Quartet Remains as Essential as Ever
With only one of its original members in the group, this ensemble is still identifiably itself, and still going strong.
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David Thomas, Leader of the Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71
As a singer and songwriter, he pushed the boundaries of punk and art-rock, producing a half century of music, writings and performances and always upending expectations.
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Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Style
Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the orchestra reveled in the composer’s sonic riches but played with emotional reserve.
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U.K. Folk Bands Use Centuries-Old Ditties to Discuss Prison Abolition, Trans Rights and the Gig Economy
Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.
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The Best Artist Residencies to Escape and Focus on Creating
Yaddo may not be in the cards, but from a chateau near Paris to a California desert cabin, here are programs that foster writing, music and artistic talent and can be booked for days or weeks.
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A Glimpse of Beauty in an Ugly Place
As a woman working in a men’s high-security prison, I was told not to care about the incarcerated population. But my job was to love.